asked the Minister for Local Government if he will state the number of houses which have been erected in the urban area of Gort since 1932 (a) by the local authority, and (b) by private persons.

The town of Gort is not, as the Deputy assumes in his question, an urban area. The number of houses erected by the Galway County Council in the town of Gort since 1932 was 37. Particulars relating to houses erected by private persons in Gort are not recorded separately and their compilation from the registers of 20 years would not be warranted.